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Friday, 7/10, 07:37 AM

EU Lawmakers Fail to Block an Extension of Chat-Message Scanning Rules

  • Contrary to some breathless headlines, the EU did not just pass a sweeping surveillance law.
  • On July 9, the European Parliament fell short of the votes needed to block an extension of a temporary, voluntary regime that lets platforms scan messages for child-abuse imagery.
  • Encryption is untouched, for now, but the bigger fight over mandatory scanning still looms.

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